How to pronounce pencil in American English
“pencil” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to pencil the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “pencil” in: all accents · British English (71 clips)
“pencil” in real sentences — American speakers
370 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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In the case of the pencil, the width of the pencil.
USGS
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The best way of doing that is using pencil, pencil does not damage things in the
National Archives
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We got rid of paper, pencil.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “pencil”
Words one sound away from pencil — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “pencil”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pencil. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.